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Befriender volunteer training for programme co-ordinators

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:39:42 +0000

Start: 23/03/2010 - 09:30

End: 23/03/2010 - 16:00

Learn how to train your volunteers and develop your own befriending knowledge
Venue: NCVO, Regent’s Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL
Aims

Get with the programme: low-cost high impact podcasts

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:02:45 +0000

Start: 23/03/2010 - 10:00

End: 23/03/2010 - 10:00

A good podcast entertains and informs, and gets recommended to others. Make sure you're telling your stories in audio, to add depth to your projects or to get your message to busy commuters... Take the chance to learn the skills that will get you scripting, recording and editing professional podcasts on a limited budget.

Ideal for you if you want to be creative and tell your stories through sound.
Further information and booking

REACH: Helping Communities Influence Services

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:31:03 +0000

Start: 23/03/2010 - 10:00

End: 23/03/2010 - 16:00

Tuesday 23 March 2010 - Morley Hall, Hackney

First announcement!

About the event
REACH is a major borough wide event in Hackney, to help local community networks and voluntary services to influence and shape local services.

Regular Giving - half day workshop with CAF

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:39:04 +0000

Start: 23/03/2010 - 14:38

End: 23/03/2010 - 14:38

Come and find out practical ways to encourage regular donations in a fun and friendly environment.
Location: Central London – full address and directions released upon booking
Cost: £60 per delegate (VAT exempt)
Charities’ voluntary income can be erratic; by recruiting regular donors, your charity can begin generating a more predictable income, helping it to weather the economic downturn.

ACEVO Spring Conference - A Joined Up Future for Community Health and Social Care?

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:45:26 +0000

Start: 25/03/2010 - 09:30

End: 25/03/2010 - 16:30

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Online PR: who's loving you online?

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:06:23 +0000

Start: 25/03/2010 - 10:00

End: 25/03/2010 - 10:00

In this digital world we're learning the true meaning of PR - relating to the public. That means finding your audience online, joining the networks that will get you and your public talking, and joining the conversation. Social media isn't just about being friendly and it isn't a fad: it's functional - the future of PR.

Trustees – governance and fundraising, NEW half-day workshop with CAF

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:30:00 +0000

Start: 25/03/2010 - 14:40

End: 25/03/2010 - 14:40

Half day workshops created by the Charities Aid Foundation especially for charity trustees.
Dates: Wednesday 21 October 2009 and Thursday 25 March 2010
Location: Central London – full address and directions released upon booking
Cost: £60 per delegate (VAT exempt)

Spring clean your marketing strategy

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:09:14 +0000

Start: 30/03/2010 - 10:00

End: 30/03/2010 - 10:00

Take a step back from your busy tactical workload and get expert help in developing your essential marketing strategy. Plan now, and give yourself a better chance of more calmly delivering great results for your organisation in 2010.
Ideal for you if you want to make sure your comprehensive marketing strategy will realistically meet your organisation's needs.
Further information and booking

Free on-the-job film training for new volunteers

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:58:53 +0000

Start: 09/04/2010 - 13:56

End: 11/04/2010 - 13:56

The charity WORLDwrite with its online news channel WORLDbytes, are offering a unique opportunity for new volunteers to join young documentary crews to plan and shoot short films and programmes on the suffragettes- the women who fought for and won the right to vote for women and their activities in London, starting with the life of activist & revolutionary Sylvia Pankhurst.

Fit for the Future Conference: Measuring Impact, Communicating Results

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:20:17 +0000

Start: 28/04/2010 - 09:30

End: 28/04/2010 - 16:00

Find out more or book here: http://www.charitycomms.org.uk/measuring_impact
It’s not enough for charity communicators to simply tell the world about the great work their organisation does. Today charities are expected to demonstrate their impact.

Volunteers' Week

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:14:26 +0000

Start: 01/06/2010 - 10:42

End: 07/06/2010 - 10:42

Annual week celebrating volunteering across the UK. See Volunteers' Week website. Or Northern Ireland - Volunteer Development Agency, Scotland Volunteer Development Scotland, Wales WCVA.

Leadership in a new Era: Survival of the Fittest

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:08:05 +0000

Start: 17/06/2010 - 10:00

End: 17/06/2010 - 17:00

Location:      London
Date:           17 June 2010
Time:          10:00 - 16:30
Price:          Standard Price £180*/£210
                  ACEVO Member Price £150*/£170

CEO Summit: Leadership in a new Era: Survival of the Fittest

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:25:23 +0000

Start: 17/06/2010 - 10:00

End: 17/06/2010 - 17:00

Overview
The ACEVO CEO Summit is a safe space for CEOs to openly share experiences and issues with their peers in an interactive environment in order to maintain and refresh their effective leadership skills.

May 2010 will see the general elections and a possible change in government, whatever the outcome, cuts in public spending will be the reality, and the need for strong and strategic leaders to lessen the impact on the sector is vital.

Future Leaders Summit 2010: New Role, Fresh Thinking, new Challenges a Successful Transition to Chief Executive

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:36:17 +0000

Start: 18/06/2010 - 10:00

End: 18/06/2010 - 17:00

Overview
The future of any organisation is dependant on the calibre of the Senior Management Team (SMT) who are our next generation of leaders.

To secure a vibrant successful sector, SMTs must ensure that they have access to the best resources to progress themselves as individuals and acquire the skills it takes to be a Chief Executive Officer.